Paid Notice: Deaths
ABELSON, PROFESSOR ROBERT P.

Published: August 7, 2005

ABELSON--Professor Robert P., 76, died on July 13 of Parkinson's Disease. He was Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Professor of Political Science at Yale University where he taught for 42 years. Professor Abelson received degrees from MIT and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1953. He was a Fellow of the American Statistical Assoc., American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Psychological Assoc., and a William James Fellow of the American Psychological Society. His professional writings included books and articles on social psychology, statistics, political science, and cognitive science. During his career, he received distinguished lifetime scientific contribution awards from the American Psychological Assoc., the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, and the International Assoc. of Political Psychology. He is survived by his wife of 50 years Willa Dinwoodie Abelson of Hamden, CT, his sons William Miles of Seattle, WA, John Robert, daughter-in-law Kendall Rafter and grandson Benjamin Abelson-Rafter of Urbana, IL. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 24 at 1 PM at the Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Tpk, Hamden, CT. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Unitarian Society of New Haven or the American Parkinson's Disease Assoc., 1250 Hylan Boulevard, Ste 4B, Staten Island, NY 10305.